Surname & clanMasculine

Onyema

/oh-nyeh-mah/

machine draftA community draft, compiled by our research and not yet confirmed by people who live it.How we know this Know better? Put us right →

Does your family know it this way?

Meaning

he who knows

This name is given to signify the hope that the child will grow up to be wise and knowledgeable. It is a common name among the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria.

Who carries it

Igbo (Ndi Igbo)

Provenance

generated: 2026-07-04
source: LLM aggregation pipeline (llama-3.3-70b-versatile via Groq, 2026-07-04); unverified, awaiting community affirmation.

This entry is a hypothesis awaiting its people. If your family tells it differently, that difference is exactly what we want.

Nearby in the decoder

Mahlangu

machine draft

The royal Ndzundza house, addressed as Nzuza and Godonga.

Surname & clanNdzundza Ndebele (South Africa & Zimbabwe)